Belle Quotes
Oliver Ashford: [referring to Dido Elizabeth Belle]She is intriguing, is she not?
James Ashford: [staring contemptuously at Dido]I find her repulsive.
Oliver Ashford: Well, I suppose she is... if you find a most rare and exotic flower so.
James Ashford: [contemptuously]One does not make a wife of the the rare and exotic, Oliver. One samples it on the cotton fields of the Indies.
Oliver Ashford: [chuckles]Why so far when it is right at my door?
James Ashford: Then find a pure English rose to decorate one's home.
James Ashford: [staring contemptuously at Dido]I find her repulsive.
Oliver Ashford: Well, I suppose she is... if you find a most rare and exotic flower so.
James Ashford: [contemptuously]One does not make a wife of the the rare and exotic, Oliver. One samples it on the cotton fields of the Indies.
Oliver Ashford: [chuckles]Why so far when it is right at my door?
James Ashford: Then find a pure English rose to decorate one's home.
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Lady Mary Murray: You should not always insist on speaking your mind, you know. You'll end up an old maid with only your own company as entertainment.
Young Elizabeth: Like you, Aunt Mary? That's what the maids say.
Lady Mary Murray: Oh, you little...!
Young Elizabeth: [Giggles]
Young Elizabeth: Like you, Aunt Mary? That's what the maids say.
Lady Mary Murray: Oh, you little...!
Young Elizabeth: [Giggles]
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Lady Ashford: You will refrain from any intercourse with the negro. Lord and Lady Mansfield may find it fascinating to have a Lady Mulatto running around in their house, but I will not have one running around in mine.
Oliver Ashford: She is an heiress.
Lady Ashford: Although exceptions can be made.
Oliver Ashford: It is said that her father left her a rather vast fortune.
Lady Ashford: I mean to say, if that is your inclination.
Oliver Ashford: She is rather soft on the eye. I have thought no further of it, Mama.
Lady Ashford: Where do you get your information?
Oliver Ashford: Her sister-cousin has a rather fast tongue.
Oliver Ashford: She is an heiress.
Lady Ashford: Although exceptions can be made.
Oliver Ashford: It is said that her father left her a rather vast fortune.
Lady Ashford: I mean to say, if that is your inclination.
Oliver Ashford: She is rather soft on the eye. I have thought no further of it, Mama.
Lady Ashford: Where do you get your information?
Oliver Ashford: Her sister-cousin has a rather fast tongue.
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John Davinier: With due respect, I should question whether human life should be insurable as cargo at all.
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Elizabeth Murray: Do you think I may see Mr. James in town?
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Perhaps.
Elizabeth Murray: I could fall in love with such a man, Dido.
Lady Mary Murray: Love. Hm!
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Bette, you shall feel no such sentiment, for you shall either end poor or broken-hearted.
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Perhaps.
Elizabeth Murray: I could fall in love with such a man, Dido.
Lady Mary Murray: Love. Hm!
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Bette, you shall feel no such sentiment, for you shall either end poor or broken-hearted.
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